Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 18

Sanskrit:

यथा गन्धस्य भूमेश्च न भावो व्यतिरेकत: ।अपां रसस्य च यथा तथा बुद्धे: परस्य च ॥ १८ ॥

ITRANS:

yathā gandhasya bhūmeś cana bhāvo vyatirekataḥapāṁ rasasya ca yathātathā buddheḥ parasya ca

Translation:

As there is no separate existence of the earth and its aroma or of water and its taste, there cannot be any separate existence of intelligence and consciousness.

Purport:

The example is given here that anything material has an aroma. The flower, the earth — everything — has an aroma. If the aroma is separated from the matter, the matter cannot be identified. If there is no taste to water, the water has no meaning; if there is no heat in the fire, the fire has no meaning. Similarly, when there is want of intelligence, spirit has no meaning.